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Bertram Mills poster

Poster
1927-1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows a white-faced clown's face within a roundel, but the majority of the poster is taken up by a list of the performers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBertram Mills poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Hanging card advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1927-1928
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows a white-faced clown's face within a roundel, but the majority of the poster is taken up by a list of the performers.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 51.7cm
  • Poster width: 26.1cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Performers: Captain Wall (crocodile trainer), Leinert (shot from a cannon), Mabel Stark (with her parachute horse), Barbette (female impersonator), De Mario (human top), Robert Stickney (stilt wizard), Kazanda (Indian horse act), Bloomfield Sisters (girl jockeys), Baranoff's 70 Horses, Powers' Dancing Elephants, Morrison Girls (skating ballet), 4 Bronetts (clowns), The Geltner Family, Gonzales Girls (trapeze artists), 10 Midget Gladiators. Olympia, Kensington, London. 21.12.1927-24.1.1928. Performance category: circus.
Collection
Accession number
S.126-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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